16,278 new COVID-19 cases, 233 more deaths reported on Friday

The 16,278 new COVID-19 cases include 24 imported cases and 16,254 local infections detected in Hà Nội (2,723), Hải Phòng (795), Khánh Hòa (790), Bình Phước (716), Vĩnh Long (699), Cà Mau (676), Bình Định (667), Tây Ninh (583), Trà Vinh (498), Hồ Chí Minh City (489), Bến Tre (443), Hải Dương (443), Bắc Ninh (351), Quảng Ninh (345), Hưng Yên (319), Đà Nẵng (309), Thanh Hóa (275), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (263), Hà Giang (263), Lâm Đồng (245), Thừa Thiên Huế (235), Kiên Giang (229), Cần Thơ (213), Bạc Liêu (210), Hòa Bình (197), An Giang (188), Quảng Ngãi (186), Quảng Nam (173), Nam Định (172), Thái Nguyên (165), Bắc Giang (162), Quảng Trị (160), Vĩnh Phúc (157), Hậu Giang (148), Đồng Tháp (135), Thái Bình (132), Nghệ An (131), Đồng Nai (127), Bình Thuận (121), Đắk Nông (106), Phú Thọ (103), Hà Nam (98), Tiền Giang (97), Sơn La (96), Sóc Trăng (91), Yên Bái (73), Phú Yên (56), Quảng Bình (54), Bắc Kạn (53), Bình Dương (52), Ninh Thuận (39), Tuyên Quang (35), Long An (32), Lai Châu (32), Cao Bằng (31), Lào Cai (27), Kon Tum (23), Điện Biên (21), and Gia Lai (2). Of these 11,423 were found in the community.

An additional 233 COVID related deaths were announced, bringing the total to 33,877.

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